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| Staring back from the abyss  |
^^^^^^^^^^^^ "It is the sacred principles enshrined in the United Nations charter to which the American people will henceforth pledge their allegiance." PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH addressing the General Assembly of the U.N., February 1,1992. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
Oh Schnapp! Have we Amerikaner been given yet another Vortrag from Professor Banshee?  | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
Getting almost a quarter of your energy from a country that would just as soon roll over you - and would have if not for US - doesn't sound like a good long-term strategy. I think we imported about that much oil from the Middle East in 1973 when they turned off the tap. Look at the disruption it caused. Why, you might have to roll back your autobahn speed limit to 90 km/h.  You'd better hope Russia continues to think they need the money more. | |||
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Since this was directed primarily at the lack of commitment to defense spending in NATO, I am interested in how you rationalize that away too. Calgary Shooting Centre | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
Yay, Banshee One is here! Germany's most enthusiastic international cheerleader! Deutschland Deutschland, yes we can!!  | |||
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^ haha 25% of their 66 percent dependency on fossil fuels. the rest in "renewable". if there was some how a perfectly functioning third option for power....ugh just cant remember if it even exists... | |||
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It did exist, but after Fukushima Frau Merkel decided to close all the nuclear plants IIRC. Ranks with admitting a million Muslims as her two biggest mistakes. _________________________ “ What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.”— Lord Melbourne | |||
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| Conservative in Nor Cal constantly swimming up stream  |
Watching the Trump press conference.... He's swatting them down right now... MAGA KAG! ----------------------------------- Get your guns b4 the Dems take them away Sig P-229 Sig P-220 Combat | |||
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Watching the press conference now. He indeed is giving them Hell. Trump is beyond any doubt my "Political Super Hero" | |||
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Listening to it on the radio, he is just shutting down those whom he does not like. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers | |||
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Lighten up and laugh |
Does anyone have a video link? | |||
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| The Unmanned Writer |
He has a round about way of answering the first question and does not allow them to ask more than one by continue talking each time the reporter tries to open his/her mouth after that first question's answer. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers | |||
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/watch?v=zYANrJn87Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYANrJn87Go | |||
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| Lighten up and laugh |
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This line gave me goose bumps when I read it! “I honor the right of every nation in this room to pursue its own customs, beliefs and traditions. The United States will not tell you how to live, work or worship. We only ask that you honor our sovereignty in return,” Damn Skippy! MAGA! If it ain't woke... don't fix it. | |||
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| SIGforum's Berlin Correspondent  |
Well, let's game this. Say Russia stops delivering that oil providing an eighth of the German energy demand. That means they're selling it to someone else, or they take a financial hit of their own. That someone is then not buying oil from the source he previously did. That oil is then on the international market from which everybody buys, including Germany. Norway and the UK are the next-biggest suppliers for us, but sources are as varied as the Gulf states, Kazakhstan, Nigeria and the various North African countries. This is not OAPEC being in a position to collectively rise prices for half of the global oil supply in 1973. 40 percent of Russia's national budget comes from oil and gas export revenues, and they are struggling as it is due to the historically low prices, not least because of American production from fracking. They banked upon oil continuing to cost 100-plus dollar per barrel, and when prices established themselves at the new normal of 50-80, they bled 60 percent of their budget reserves between 2014 and 2016 alone. They already had to enact an unpopular pension reform against mass protests this week because they can't afford to keep pumping more than 50 billion dollars annually into their statutory pension fund with an aging population. As noted, this makes it even harder for them to stop the natural gas providing for a twelvth of German energy demand, which is a lot more controversial both domestically and abroad due to the Nord Stream 2 project. Domestically because Putin's good pal Gerhard Schröder okayed this as a chancellor, then got to sit on the board of operator Rosneft after his term; in Poland and the Baltic states because it bypasses them and they will not only lose transit revenues from the existing line from the 80s, but fear that they could be singled out for blackmail by Russia through having their own supply cut without affecting Western Europe. Again, the thing is, if the Russians shut down their pipelines, they cannot just magically transfer their gas anywhere else to make money. They are currently building a line to China; but the Chinese being good merchants, they exploited the Russian need for possible alternatives to get very favorable conditions for delivery, much less rewarding for Russia than export to Europe. Plus, in reaction to the Ukrainian crisis and the Russian history of cutting gas to some fUSSR republic for political coercion, the EU enacted modifications to the European pipeline grip allowing reversal of the flow, so that cut-off members can be supplied from the West. For Germany, other providers are again Norway, the UK and the Netherlands, as well as some domestic production. Southern Europe also feeds on pipelines from Algeria and Azerbaijan, and there are LNG imports from the Gulf, Nigeria, Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago. As noted, we're currently building our own LNG terminal despite a lack of present need, and the American gas Trump wants to sell could become another source if it can compete with prices of other suppliers. The whole controversy about Russian gas deliveries isn't new BTW; if you want a déjà-vu, read this 1981 CSM article on the original pipeline project from the USSR to West Germany, also okayed by an Social Democratic chancellor and implemented by the conservative-led successor adminstration. It wasn't West Germany that crumbled eight years later though.
Didn't notice he linked that again. But while Trump tends to misrepresent the issue like Germany is owing the US money directly, his point that we're not meeting the NATO target of spending two percent worth of our GDP on defense, agreed multiple times since 2002, is valid. There are various political excuses being flogged - we have in fact increased the defense budget by 27 percent from 2013 to the 2019 draft, but the rapidly growing GDP means the relative increase from the original ca. 1.2 percent share is not the same; if we actually spent two percent, German defense expenditures would be as much as those of the UK and Poland combined, which might make some neighbors nervous; since unlike the UK and France we have no nuclear forces, what are we going to actually spend that much on so fast with armed forces size and recruiting limited by demographics, a vibrant work market and a widespread pacifist streak; etc. pp. Personally, I would be glad if we would just spend as much as the UK alone, which has the biggest defense budget in Europe - that would be a bit over 1.6 percent of the current GDP for us. However, the official ambition is merely to achieve 1.5 by 2021, not least due to internal government politics of the current grand coalition between Christian and Social Democrats; which is in trouble since they formed earlier this year and looks fit to fail at any moment, but that would be a thread of its own. Suffice to say that future politics will shape that issue - the Ministry of Defense just finished the capability profile based upon NATO ambitions for 2021, and the military says the budget will need to be 60 rather than the currently planned-for 44 billion Euro that year to pay for everything envisioned therein. | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
The subject of this thread is the Trump Presidency. Take your boring propaganda elsewhere. I don't have the slightest interest in hearing your "Germany is not committing suicide" bullshit. Take it elsewhere. | |||
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Sundance at Conservative Treehouse updated the "Cold Anger" piece to reflect the Kavanaugh show trial. The message to me is "we" need to vote, get everyone we know to vote, and do everything we can to support our candidates this November. We know the other side will use every dirty trick possible - they are playing all their cards face up right now. Kavanaugh, Cold Anger and The Reckoning…. They’ve gone too far. “Donald Trump’s supporters are angry“, or “uneducated”, or “unenlightened”, or (fill_In_The_Blank). This hate-filled sentiment is clear within the latest vile,… nay,… evil and horrific smears directed toward Judge Brett and Ashley Kavanaugh and their cherished children. Now the media narrative controllers are fully engaged along with their political brethren. Do not look away. The vulgar lies and filth are now extreme as the ideological entities utilize their microphones in a brutal attempt to tear down the Kavanaugh family. As we bear witness, anyone trying to convince us this entire assembly of our union is headed in the right direction, well, they might want to revisit their proximity to the 2018 election ballpark. Because they’re not just out of the city – they’re also out of the same state the election ballpark is located in….. Then again, the media know that. David Mamet had a famous saying, essentially: …‘in order for democrats, liberals, progressives et al to continue their illogical belief systems they have to pretend not to know a lot of things’… By pretending ‘not to know’ there is no guilt, no actual connection to conscience. Denial of truth allows easier trespass. This hate-filled Democrat ideology relies on your willingness to reconcile their presentations and grant benefit within their seeds of doubt. Do not look away. There’s a level of anger far deeper and more consequential than expressed rage or visible behavior, it’s called Cold Anger. Cold Anger does not need to go to violence. For those who carry it, no conversation is needed when we meet. You cannot poll or measure it; specifically because most who carry it avoid discussion… And that decision has nothing whatsoever to do with any form of correctness. We watched the passage of Obamacare at 1:38am on the day before Christmas Eve in 2009. We watched the Senate, then the House attempt passing Amnesty in 2014. We know exactly how it passed, and we know exactly why it passed. We don’t need to stand around talking about it…. We know what lies hidden behind “cloture” and the UniParty schemes. We watch the 2009 $900+ billion Stimulus Bill being spent each year, every year, for seven consecutive years. Omnibus, Porkulous, QE1, QE2, Bailouts, Crony-Capitalism. We know exactly how this works, and we know exactly why this ruse is maintained. We don’t need to stand around talking about it…. We’re beyond talking. We accept that the entire Senate voted to block President Trump’s ability to use recess appointments in 2017. Every.Single.Democrat.And.Republican. Cold Anger absorbs betrayal silently, often prudently. We’ve waited each year, every year, for ten years, to see a federal budget, only to be given another Omnibus spending bill by “CONservative” Speaker Ryan. We’ve watched the ridiculing of cops, the riots, and the lack of support for laws, or their enforcement. We’ve been absorbing all that. We’ve been exposed to violence upon us by paid operatives of the organized DNC machine. We know; the media trying to hide it doesn’t change our level of information. Cold Anger is not hatred, it is far more purposeful. We watched in 2012 as the Democrat party thrice denied God during their convention. The doors to evil enterprise opened by official proclamation and request. Cold Anger takes notice of the liars, even from a great distance – seemingly invisible to the mob. Cold Anger will still hold open the door for the riot goer. Mannerly. We’ve watched our borders being intentionally unsecured. We’ve watched Islamic Terrorists slaughter Americans as our politicians proclaim their uncertainty of motive. We know exactly who they are, and why they are doing it. We do not need to stand around discussing it…. we’re clear eyed. Cold Anger evidenced is more severe because it is more strategic, and more purposeful. Eric Cantor’s defeat, Matt Bevin’s victory, Brexit, Donald Trump’s highest vote tally in the history of presidential primaries or Mark Sanford’s 2018 primary dispatch might aide your understanding. Cold Anger does not gloat; it absorbs consistent vilification and ridicule as fuel. This sensibility does not want to exist, it is forced to exist in otherwise unwilling hosts – we also refuse to be destabilized by it. Transgender bathrooms are more important than border security. Illicit trade schemes, employment and the standard of living in Vietnam and Southeast Asia are more important to Wall Street and DC lobbyists, than the financial security of Youngstown Ohio. We get it. We understand. We didn’t create that reality, we are simply responding to it. Deliberate intent and prudence ensures we avoid failure. The course, is thoughtful vigilance; it is a strategy devoid of emotion. The media can call us anything they want, it really doesn’t matter…. we’re far beyond the place where labels matter. Foolishness and betrayal of our nation have served to reveal dangers within our present condition. Misplaced corrective action, regardless of intent, is neither safe nor wise. We know exactly who Donald Trump is, and we also know what he’s not. He is exactly what we need at this moment. He is a necessary glorious bastard. He is our weapon. Cold Anger is not driven to act in spite of itself; it drives a reckoning. When the well attired lady leaves the checkout line carrying steaks and shrimp using an EBT card, the door is still held open for her; yet notations necessarily embed. When the U.S. flags lay gleefully undefended, they do not lay unnoticed. When the stars and stripes are controversial, yet the foreign flag is honored – we are paying attention. When millionaire football players kneel down rather than honor our fallen soldiers and stand proud of our country, we see that. Check the NFL TV ratings – take note. When a school community cannot openly pray, it does not mean the prayerful were absent. When a liar seems to win, it is not without observation. Many – more than the minority would like to admit – know the difference between science, clocks and political agendas. Cold Anger perceives deception the way a long-term battered spouse absorbs the blow in the hours prior to the pre-planned exit; with purpose. A shield, or cry of micro-aggression will provide no benefit, nor quarter. Delicate sensibilities are dispatched like a feather in a hurricane. We are patient, but also purposeful. Pushed far enough, decisions are reached. […] On the drive to and from the East Coast, I paid attention to the billboards and bumper-stickers. Folks, the people in “Fly over” country are PISSED, from the guy that guides hunters, to the mayors of towns and cities, to state senators congressmen and Governors who are voting to arrest and imprison federal law enforcement officials for enforcing federal gun laws that don’t agree with state law … The political pendulum has never, in the history of humanity, stayed on one side of a swing. The back lash from over reach has always been proportionate to how far off center it went before coming back … right now we’re staring at a whole hell of a lot of the country (about 80-90% of the land mass, as well as about 50+% of the population) that is FED UP. You really don’t want those guys to decide that the only way to fix it is to burn it down and start over… (more) It’s too late… This family is as unfamiliar with their current enemy as any virtuous family who has never encountered the corrupt, conniving and Godless leftist ideology. It is our job now to stand afore them and fight on their behalf. They have done enough; they have suffered too much. To respond we must engage as an insurgency. We must modify our disposition to think like an insurgent. Insurgencies have nothing to lose. If insurgents are not victorious the system, which controls the dynamic, wins. However, if insurgents do nothing, the same system, which controls the dynamic, also wins. Do nothing and we lose. Go to the mattresses, and we might win. The choice is ours. Right now, through November 6, every day is Saint Crispins day. If we are mark’d to die, we are enow To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer men, the greater share of honour. God’s will! I pray thee, wish not one man more. By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns me not if men my garments wear; Such outward things dwell not in my desires. But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive. No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England. God’s peace! I would not lose so great an honour As one man more methinks would share from me For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more! Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host, That he which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart; his passport shall be made, And crowns for convoy put into his purse; We would not die in that man’s company That fears his fellowship to die with us. This day is call’d the feast of Crispian. He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam’d, And rouse him at the name of Crispian. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say ‘To-morrow is Saint Crispian.’ Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say ‘These wounds I had on Crispian’s day.’ Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot, But he’ll remember, with advantages, What feats he did that day. Then shall our names, Familiar in his mouth as household words- Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter, Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester- Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb’red. This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day. The awakened American middle-class insurgency, led by Donald Trump, is an existential threat to the professional political class and every entity who lives in/around the professional political class. Their entire political apparatus is threatened by our insurgency. The entire political industry, all of governance, is threatened by our force, through Donald Trump. Decision time. You know why the entire apparatus is united against President Trump. You know why the corrupt Wall Street financial apparatus is united against President Trump. You know why every institutional department, every lobbyist, every K-Street dweller, every career legislative member, staffer, and the various downstream economic benefactors, including the corporate media, all of it – all the above, are united against Donald Trump. Donald Trump is an existential threat to the existence of a corrupt DC system we have exposed to his disinfecting sunlight. Donald Trump is the existential threat to every entity who benefits from that corrupt and vile system. Global elites now stand with jaw-agape in horror as they witness our horde. The value of multi-billion dollar contracts dispatched at our leisure. Trillion dollar multi-national trade deals full of scheme and graft, left nothing more than tenuous propositions smashed asunder from the mere sound of our approach. The fundamental construct within decades of their united global efforts to tear at the very fabric of our U.S.A is being eliminated. They too have nothing to lose; their desperation becomes visible within their apoplexy; and they’re damn sure displaying it. Do not look away. Throw aside the sense of discomfort and bear witness to the evil we oppose. Do not turn your eyes from the hatred focused in our direction. Stand firm amid the solace of our number and resolve to the task at hand. Those who oppose our efforts are merely vile parasites quivering as they stare into the Cold Anger furnace of righteousness. Who fuels that furnace? …..US ! https://theconservativetreehou...ckoning/#more-154614 NRA Life Member - "Fear God and Dreadnaught" | |||
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Thank you for posting. Read it before and read this again. DAMN STRAIGHT, SKIPPY ! ! !  | |||
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